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MOBA titles are the top-marketing priority for English-language game developers, according to a new report from online translation agency One Hour Translation. Whereas MOBA, MMO and MMORPG translation projects made up just 22 per cent of all game translations in 2016, that figure has since jumped to 54 per cent …

With any new medium, advertising causes economic growth. With VR however, that’s harder to accomplish in a non-intrusive way. Develop speaks with Advir CEO, Samuel Huber, to see how the company is working around the issue

Publisher 505 Games has announced a new partnership with Might and Magic studio Limbic Entertainment to publish and market the firm’s next title around the world. Details are thin on the ground about Limbic’s new game right now, as the only thing we know is that it’s an online survival …

The US branch of Samsung is teaming up with Xbox for an exclusive marketing and retail partnership around the Xbox One X, the electronics manufacturer has announced. The deal will see Samsung’s flagship line of QLED TVs become the official 4K TV partner for the console, allowing gamers to experience …

Developers of The Chainsmokers VR experience will working with the creative agency responsible for many Netflix campaigns

Set up five years ago, OP Talent was the first dedicated management company for top YouTube gaming influencers. We manage a large proportion of the UK’s top YouTubers and have been at the forefront of online brand marketing. Our talents are responsible for billions of video views and have millions …

The battle for the streaming market has been raging for years now. According to recent data from Streamlabs, Twitch is still by far the most dominant platform in terms of monthly active streamers, but the competition has never been fiercer. YouTube Live, for instance, has shown more growth than its …

The games market is always changing and games marketing has always changed with it. But with ever-increasing post-launch revenues, it seems there’s something more symbiotic between the design and content of the games and the campaigns that support them.  We sit down with Tarquin Henderson, head of EMEA console gaming …

EA Chillingo’s former marketing director Stephen Hey has set up his own games marketing consultancy, HeyStephenHey. The new firm aims to provide ‘plug-in marketing expertise’ for both independent developers and publishers, with potential clients benefitting from Hey’s 24 years of experience promoting games across a variety of platforms. While the …

Mario will once again be gracing the boxes of McDonalds Happy Meals in the UK. NintendoLife has caught wind of a new promotion for the plumber which will roll out in the UK on January 11th and run until February 7th. It seems as if Yoshi will be the star …